and the transition to modern growth -- Demographic transition ; Gender Gap ; Human capital ; Fertility ; Mortality … the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …

composition of the population, and the associated fertility differential is crucial for understanding the economic and the … demographic transition. In the model, heterogeneous individuals make optimal decisions about fertility, education of their … children and type and intensity of investments in their own education. The interplay between different dimensions of mortality …